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SANTA ANITA HORSE DEATHS INITIATE CONGRESSIONAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATIONS Santa Anita hopes to return to live racing March 29 Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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he Los Angeles County District Attorney confirmed on March 15 that it has assigned investigators to work with the California Horse Racing Board with an eye on investigating the unusually high number of equine deaths at the race track in the past couple of months. In a concise email statement Monday morning, public information officer for the district attorney, Venusse D. Navid wrote: “At this time, the District Attorney’s office has assigned investigators to work with the California Horse Racing Board.” No other details were provided to this newspaper. This investigation follows a call for a congressional committee to investigate treatment of racehorses at Santa Anita Park following the deaths. Congresswoman Judy Chu wants the House Energy and Commerce Committee to investigate the treatment of horses, not only at Santa Anita but at racetracks across the country. Last Friday morning, Chu expressed her shock at Some wonder if the Breeder’s Cup, scheduled at Santa Anita this November, should be canceled. - File photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
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Desperate Justice: Varsity Rules for the Rich -Then the Rest of Us
California Renters Qualify for Homeownership But Lack Financial Knowledge to Purchase
Is there a financial link between sports and education? Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
Last week, a colossal scandal involving ostentatious cheating, bribes and dishonesty made international news when a 204 page
indictment came down. No, this time it wasn’t the White House or any part of that particularly perplexing and egregious ilk. This time, it was about an elaborate college SEE VARSITY RULES PAGE 15
While low affordability is the biggest obstacle most renters face in becoming homeowners, 14 percent of California renters can afford to purchase a home but are foregoing homeownership partly because they don’t have the finan-
cial knowledge to do so, according to research findings by the California Association of Realtors. Of the nearly 6 million California renters statewide, 826,000 could qualify SEE RENTERS PAGE 15
CLARIFICATION ON BEACON MEDIA’S EVOLUTION Starting this week, March 21, you’ll see some exciting changes with Beacon Media print products. There has, however, been a little misunderstanding regarding this evolution. Beacon Media will always remain focused on local coverage of Arcadia, Monrovia, Pasadena and
Sierra Madre. That won’t change, and with our websites, you’ll be able to access more of that information in depth, whenever and wherever you might be. Our investment in the digital domain will give our readers enhanced access SEE EVOLUTION PAGE 3